as in tried
to make an effort to do
after attempting—and failing—to start the lawn mower on my own, I finally succeeded with a neighbor's help don't even attempt walking on your broken foot
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Recent Examples of attempted
Harris said that neither of the stars’ teams attempted to meddle with it.
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Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
In Malmo in 2014, thousands gathered in the Swedish city in protest at Israel’s participation while in Basel earlier this year, protestors attempted to rush onto the stage to disrupt Israeli singer Yuval Raphael’s performance.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
There was no turning point after James Hodgkinson attempted to assassinate the Republican congressional baseball team in 2017.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
But her athletic triumph was tragically dampened by years of abuse at the hands of her husband and coach Jim Martin, who in 2010 attempted to murder her, stabbing her many times, slicing the flesh off the bone from her leg, and shooting her.
—Esther Zuckerman, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
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Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
In Malmo in 2014, thousands gathered in the Swedish city in protest at Israel’s participation while in Basel earlier this year, protestors attempted to rush onto the stage to disrupt Israeli singer Yuval Raphael’s performance.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
There was no turning point after James Hodgkinson attempted to assassinate the Republican congressional baseball team in 2017.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
But her athletic triumph was tragically dampened by years of abuse at the hands of her husband and coach Jim Martin, who in 2010 attempted to murder her, stabbing her many times, slicing the flesh off the bone from her leg, and shooting her.
—Esther Zuckerman, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for attempted
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When the shot rang out, Nathalie tried to reach her daughter, but the melee of panicked runners forced her out a side gate.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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The next day, Encarnacion hit a 442-foot homer in his second at-bat of the game, then injured his hamstring in his third at-bat as Encarnacion tried running out an infield single.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Attempted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attempted. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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